Willing To Sacrifice
What are you willing to sacrifice as a business owner, as a responsible adult, as a parent? – No vacation – Long work hours – Working a second job to save for a house – Eliminating frivolous expenses: like maybe Read More …
Category: career
Who’s Fault?
There are a number of things that can go wrong at any time on any given day. In some cases the problem could have been avoided by double checking one small thing. Taking 5 extra seconds, a minute or even Read More …
Holiday Promotions
Brainstorming for holiday promotions has to start ages before the actual holiday. 2 to 3 months ahead of time is most common, with 8-9 months (or more) in advance of the holiday being pretty likely for larger organizations. The lead Read More …
What’s New
When that For Rent sign comes down and the new shop goes in… we will all go check out what’s new in the neighborhood. Hopefully, the owners can keep up with the needs, wants and desires of the community. Then, Read More …
For Rent
Does a For Rent sign make you get excited or sad? Are you optimistic that that great apartment or retail space is now available? Or, do you think with fondness of the bakery that has moved out of that cute Read More …
Yes, They Do
All those things that you don’t even think about apply, but yes, they do, too! There are whole industries that offer similar products to the “every day” – like Monster trucks and tractor trailers – that involve the exact same Read More …
Days Like These
On days like these, forget the car, go get a pick up truck and a snow plow! (Or, you can have the pick up truck without a plow, just plan to commit to a season of plowing from someone who Read More …
There’s Traffic
Today, there’s traffic and then there is Traffic. One, indelibly good for you and your business and the other, bad for you (and for your business) oh, and not in that order… I was telling two colleagues yesterday how my Read More …
Sign Up
When you sign up to volunteer for a group, you may not have any idea what it is that you’ve just agreed to do. But, you do it anyway. From politics to parent-teacher organizations (or associations) and girl scouts to Read More …
Are You Sure?
Recently, I met someone who is running for public office. They explained their rationale, their platform and their personal reasons for running in this spring primary. This is a totally new associate I’ve never met until fate threw us together. Read More …